Adjective: breviceps
Hyphenation:
Declension: Third
Nominative
| Singular masc. | breviceps |
| Singular fem. | breviceps |
| Singular neut. | breviceps |
| Plural masc. | brevicipitēs |
| Plural fem. | brevicipitēs |
| Plural neut. | brevicipitia |
Genitive
| Singular masc. | brevicipitis |
| Singular fem. | brevicipitis |
| Singular neut. | brevicipitis |
| Plural masc. | brevicipitium |
| Plural fem. | brevicipitium |
| Plural neut. | brevicipitium |
Dative
| Singular masc. | brevicipitī |
| Singular fem. | brevicipitī |
| Singular neut. | brevicipitī |
| Plural masc. | brevicipitibus |
| Plural fem. | brevicipitibus |
| Plural neut. | brevicipitibus |
Accusative
| Singular masc. | brevicipitem |
| Singular fem. | brevicipitem |
| Singular neut. | breviceps |
| Plural masc. | brevicipitīs; brevicipitēs |
| Plural fem. | brevicipitīs; brevicipitēs |
| Plural neut. | brevicipitia |
Ablative
| Singular masc. | brevicipitī; brevicipite |
| Singular fem. | brevicipitī; brevicipite |
| Singular neut. | brevicipitī; brevicipite |
| Plural masc. | brevicipitibus |
| Plural fem. | brevicipitibus |
| Plural neut. | brevicipitibus |
Vocative
| Singular masc. | breviceps |
| Singular fem. | breviceps |
| Singular neut. | breviceps |
| Plural masc. | brevicipitēs |
| Plural fem. | brevicipitēs |
| Plural neut. | brevicipitia |
Comparison
Adjectives inflected like breviceps
laticeps,
rotundiceps,
globiceps,
nūdiceps,
praeceps,
plāniceps,
quadriceps,
centiceps,
albiceps,
lēniceps,
pallidiceps,
ātriceps,
flāviceps,
grandiceps,
triceps,
crassiceps,
nigriceps,
breviceps,
longiceps,
anceps, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *mreǵʰ-
3. Proto-Indo-European *-us
4. Proto-Indo-European *mréǵʰusder.
5. Proto-Italic *breɣʷis
6. Latin brevis
7. substratebor.?
8. Proto-Indo-European *kap-?
9. Proto-Indo-European *kap-
10. Proto-Indo-European *káput
11. Proto-Italic *kaput
12. Proto-Italic *-is
13. Proto-Italic *-kaputis
14. Old Latin -cipesder.
15. Latin -ceps
16. Latin breviceps
17. From brevis (“short”) + -ceps (“headed”).
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